History Characters / FablesFabletownCitizens

* DisneyDeath: His body wasn't actually found. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that he's alive, and working ''against'' his former ally Sinbad, who is trying to build a new multi-world empire based on an Islamic caliphate. Charming says openly that he didn't fight to overthrow one empire just for it to be replaced by another.]]

* SecretKeeper: Not only is he TheSpymaster of Fabletown by virtue of being its Sheriff, but he must also keep hidden the fact that [[spoiler: his wife Beauty is actually Lamia, a murdering monster]].

Married Beast centuries ago in the Homelands, (temporarily) freeing him from his curse. A former bookstore clerk, she rose to take her place as Deputy Mayor of Fabletown when Snow White resigned. Towards the end of the series, it is revealed that [[spoiler: the real Beauty was killed ages ago by a creature named "Lamia", who took on her identity]].

Boy Blue's roommate who, due to the Blue Fairy's overly specific transformation, looks like a child, despite being hundreds of years old. Like in the classic story, he is the adopted son of Geppetto, and as [[spoiler: his father is The Adversary]], his loyalties are in extreme conflict.

* QuitYourWhining: Tells King Cole, in the most respectful way possible, after [[spoiler: Fabletown collapses due to Mr. Dark's undoing of its binding spells]] to snap out of his despair, pull his head out of his ass and ''lead'' the community he's the leader of.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Even before Bigby killed him, no one liked him and was hated heavily by the Fabletown community after stealing money from Fabletown, abusing his position, and sexually harassing Snow, so it's safe to assume that no one`s going to miss him.

* {{Narcissist}}: Before he joined the Adversary, he abused his position at Fabletown for his own benefit and didn`t take care of the community unless his job was on the line, after that, he sold them out and did it just to save himself from the Adversary's wrath.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: She has done so many utterly horrible things to innocent, or not so innocent, people, children, babies, etcetera, and never received anywhere near the same permanent fate in return. In fact, after she defeats Mr. Dark, her next action is to head off to parts unknown with her new lover, so she can have the happy married life she never did. Though said new husband [[spoiler: eventually dies in ''Fairest In All the Land'' with no chance of being brought back and in "Farewell", Cinderella finally kills her at the cost of her own life.]]

Formerly known as Lord Karrant of the Westermark, the most powerful sorcerer in his world's nine kingdoms. Appearing as a "stage magician," complete with suit and top hat, Mr. Kadabra appears to all involved to be a terminally unimportant background character. This is because before coming to Fabletown, he worked an unbelievably powerful spell directly on The Adversary himself, causing [[spoiler: Geppetto]] to forget about any land in which Karrant/Kadabra dwells. The backlash of the spell has wiped away a significant portion of Kadabra's memory as well, and has caused anyone he encounters to perceive him as unimportant as well. It is likely that his spell is a major reason why the Adversary ignored the Mundy world for so long.

[[folder: Prince Charming]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I always truly love a woman when I'm first chasing her- I'm just no damned good at the "happily ever after" part."'']]

-> ''"After all this time, do you not know me at ''all'', my friend? Whether it involves a desperate war or a woman's virtue, I ''always'' win my battles. Always."'' - Prince Charming

* AmazonBrigade: After [[spoiler: seemingly dying at the end of the War against the Empire]], Charming organizes a veritable army of well-trained Indian women who [[spoiler: help him conquer most of the Indus]].

--> ''"Why, we're going to '''crush''' them, of course. We're going to put an '''end''' to their filthy Empire, once and for all."''

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Fabletown's Director of Homeland Security, despite grievous wounds and burns suffered in his airship's destruction, fights his way alongside Sinbad through hordes of Imperial troops to get to the last mystical gateway and blow it up, sealing Fabletown's victory in the War to End All Wars. [[spoiler: Subverted in that he survives by escaping through the gateway at the last second.]]

* {{Fingore}}: Loses a few digits due to the curse placed on him by Sindu Baba Singh. [[spoiler: They eventually grow back.]]

--> (to Bigby)'''"You are a small, tedious man in need of more frequent bathing."'''
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: His status as one of the most famous and popular Fables of all affords him phenomenal healing abilities, rivaled only by the likes of Snow White and Bigby Wolf, and surpassed only by Jack Horner. His extraordinary capacity to regenerate is what enabled him to survive and recover from [[spoiler: being at ground zero for the explosion that destroyed the last imperial gate]], and what allowed him later to [[spoiler: regenerate his whole hand after it totally disintegrated due to a magical "leprosy plague"]].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: With all of his allies dead and his only method of transportation destroyed, Charming singlehandedly takes the final bomb to the last gateway between the human and fable worlds and detonates it, presumably dying in the process.]]

* NeverFoundTheBody: Which, of course, leads to the mentioned above. It is later revealed that [[spoiler: the force of the explosion hurled him through the magic gate just before it was destroyed, transporting him into the land of the Indus, where he becomes the "Maharajah"]].

--> '''Beauty:''' We both know you're hollow, Prince Charming. A ton of slick romance, encrusted with not a particle of real love.

* RoyalHarem: Picks up a lovely bevy of beauties when he [[spoiler: becomes Maharajah of the Indus]].
* SacrificialLamb: In order to prevent a war between kingdoms, Charming has notorious highwayman [[AssholeVictim Blackbriar Johnny]] set up as the fall guy for the murder of the Seven Dwarfs. [[spoiler: It was actually Snow White.]]

* StartOfDarkness: Charming's philandering ways began when Snow, his first wife, [[spoiler: secretly murdered the Seven Dwarves in retaliation for their kidnapping and extended sexual abuse of her]], lying to her husband about the depth of her knowledge and involvement in the affair, all of this nearly causing a war. Snow White herself admits that her abuse of Charming's trust could very well have been what made him the cad he is today.

[[folder: Cinderella]]
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-> ''"Everyone knows my story. I get dressed up. The clock strikes twelve. I lose a shoe. And it's all downhill from there. My name is Cinderella. Cindy to my friends. Don't tell anyone, but I'm a spy. One of the best, even if I'm being humble. And there are times I '''love''' my job."'' - Cinderella

[[folder: Beast]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Holy crap on crepes, what have I gotten myself into?"'']]
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[[caption-width-right:310:Beast's Monstrous form]]
-> ''"The '''world''' got meaner. I just kept up with it."'' - Beast

* BroughtDownToBadass: Eventually loses the ability to turn into a monstrous creature [[spoiler: as his daughter Bliss inherits his curse]], but is still a very brawny, guileful tough guy.

* TheGumshoe: Takes on this role in the mid-40s when he's tracking down the serial killer Lamia, [[spoiler: secretly his wife Beauty]].

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Invokes this when he takes out St. George, before he can take out Lamia, [[spoiler: who is actually Beast's wife Beauty]].

* KilledOffForReal: At the hands of [[spoiler: a brainwashed Bigby Wolf, his predecessor as Sheriff]].

* PapaWolf: To his adorable little daughter Bliss. Not that she really needs much protection, as she [[spoiler: can take on the form of a fearsome creature]].

[[folder: Beauty]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Please, dear heart- for your own safety in the middle of the night- '''please''' tell me you didn't just say 'settle down, honey' to me."'']]
-> ''"Maybe instead we should try to find out how Beauty and her '''Beast''' can run things."'' - Beauty

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: The real Beauty was killed centuries ago back in the Homelands, by Lamia, who took on Beauty's physical and spiritual being, and became locked into it when she stayed that way too long]].

* ScaledUp: It turns out that [[spoiler: "Beauty" is actually the monster Lamia, whose true form is that of a giant snake]].

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: On the car ride home, after [[spoiler: Prince Charming's funeral service]], Beast asks his wife if she's alright, noting that she was crying a great deal during the service. Beauty just says that she always cries at such functions, but Beast replies that she was weeping much more than usual, and comments that Prince Charming was notorious for trying to bed any and every woman within reach, subtly inquiring as to whether the former Mayor ever tried anything with her. Beauty stated that she never ''slept'' with Prince Charming: she did leave out that she shared a ''kiss'' with him.

[[folder: King Cole]]

-> ''"And now, predator and prey, prince and pauper, we are all of a single community-- allied in our undying memory of the Homelands, and the unshakable determination that one day we will return to win those lands free of the Hated One."'' - King Cole

* PuttingThePalInPrincipal: After [[spoiler: Fabletown is nearly destroyed in the wake of Cinderella and Frau Totenkinder's magical duel]], the Fables' existence and magical nature are exposed to the world at large. To educate humanity in magic, and to ingratiate themselves with human society more easily, King Cole and Maddy found the Totenkinder School of Magic, with Maddy as the main instructor and Cole as Head of the facility.

[[folder: Pinocchio]]
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-> ''"That's not how you get over a broken heart, Flycatcher. There's only one surefire cure. '''Hookers'''. Our treat."'' - Pinocchio

* TheApprentice: Once they are reunited, Geppetto immediately starts grooming his son [[spoiler: to rule the Empire in his stead one day]].

* TragicKeepsake: Has a set of toy wooden soldiers his father Geppetto carved for him back in the Homelands. As Pinocchio escaped the Homelands and Geppetto did not, Pinocchio assumed his father perished, and keeps the soldiers in his father's memory, and becomes incensed when someone (like Flycather) treats them like mere playthings. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted, as it turns out that Geppetto did not die, and in fact ''is'' [[BigBad The Adversary]].]]

[[folder: Briar Rose]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't think the enchantment '''cares''' where I am, or amongst '''whom'''."'']]
-> ''"Briar Rose- the Sleeping Beauty- was the one essential part of this phase of our operations. She could single-handedly take most of the Imperial bureaucracy out of play with one prick of her finger."'' - Boy Blue

[[folder: Bluebeard]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Against boredom, even '''gods''' struggle in vain."'']]
-> ''"Amnesty or not, I can't blithely forget what happened to each of his past wives."'' - Snow White

--> ''"You prick! You've killed me!"''

--> ''"Settle down, every God-cursed one of you, or I'll gun the '''lot''' of you down where you stand!"''

--> ''"What in all the hells?"''

[[folder: Bufkin]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"I'm a good monkey! I hardly ever throw my poop anymore!"'']]

-> ''"That's when Bufkin the Brave sets out with his doughty lieutenants, and he overthrows the upstart Emperor of Oz, freeing its people from dire bondage, and putting all of the mean turd stinky heads to the sword."'' - Bufkin

* BabiesEverAfter: Hundreds of years later, Bufkin and Lily have many more adventures, as well as a handful of instances that [[spoiler: enable them to mate and birth children. They eventually have ''hundreds''.]]
* BadassBoast: When asked what he will do if Baba Yaga [[spoiler: returns from the dead, looking for revenge]], Bufkin replies:
--> ''"If she's suicidal enough to come back, we'll just deal with her again. Because no one threatens '''my''' people in '''my''' house!"''

* HandicappedBadass: Loses his wings in a fire during the climactic battle with Baba Yaga. This does not stop him from later [[spoiler: overthrowing the Nome King]].

* InterspeciesRomance: Lily Martagon, one of the Barleycorn Brides who helped defeat Baba Yaga, tries to strike up one with Bufkin. She even cites Snow White and Bigby's relationship as proof one can work. [[spoiler: They eventually do hook up, and have many, many children.]]

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Hurls this gem just before [[spoiler: killing Baba goddamn Yaga]]"
--> ''"No, lady, it's doom! The great '''monkey''' of '''DOOM!'''"''

* TookALevelInBadass: Trapped in the dimensionally displaced Fabletown Business Office, with his back against the wall, Bufkin singlehandedly [[spoiler: recaptures a D'Jinn]] and, with the help of a lot of allies, [[spoiler: uses the Vorpal Blade to kill Baba Yaga]].

[[folder: Mrs. Sprat [=/=] Leigh Duglas]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I '''hate''' you all. All you pretty ones."''']]
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[[caption-width-right:350: As "Leigh Duglas"]]
-> ''"I suppose I only want what '''every''' woman wants. '''My''' way. My '''unencumbered''' way."'' - Leigh Duglas

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How [[spoiler: Rose Red takes her out, with her sword Thorn]].

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Killed by Rose Red in issue #146 to steal the glass ring.]]

[[folder: Kay]]
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[[caption-width-right:333:''"There's no fooling '''these''' eyes..unfortunately."'' ]]
-> ''"Christ's holy pecker, you've gouged out your eyes again."'' - '''Bigby Wolf'''

[[folder: Grimble]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I hope so, or '''I''' might have to take a direct hand. It'll get bloody for sure if '''that''' happens."'']]

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Appears to be just another dozing, clock punching rent-a-cop, but when a threat arises, he is the first to take command of the situation, ready to use lethal force if necessary, either with his gun or his natural troll abilities. He pointedly lectures the less experienced Fabletown brass how to properly cover the enemy with guns and how to shoot them so that they stay down. And above all else, it is Grimble who [[spoiler: destroys Prince Brandish's heart, killing him once and for all]].

* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Prince Brandish turns him into a bird. [[spoiler: This act later contributes to Brandish's ultimate downfall]].

[[folder: Ichabod Crane]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"As the rules of civility once taught, 'let your discourse with men of business be short-- and comprehensive.'"'']]

-> ''"All stuff and nonsense. Snow White made some...'''accusations'''. I liked to run an '''egalitarian''' office, but she claimed to be uncomfortable with the degree of familiarity. Stuff and nonsense, I said."'' - '''Ichabod Crane'''

--> ''"My wit is a '''rapier''', you sour cuss. It's only that I must wield it like a '''stone cudgel''' before it pierces your monkey skull!"''

[[folder: Rapunzel]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"This is what happens when you're too busy trying to forget the past. You become blind to what's going on '''around''' you."'']]
-> ''"The past is a dead dog. You need to leave it in the gutter with the wet leaves and used condoms and trash. Walk away. Don't look back. That way you can't see it padding after you."'' - '''Rapunzel'''

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of her daughters is never revealed, even after [[spoiler: the Fairy Godmother becomes good again]].

[[folder: Doctor Swineheart]]
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[[caption-width-right:277:''"I'm not one to hide my light under a bushel."'']]
-> ''"I'm the greatest military surgeon in a thousand worlds. I'll have you fixed and finished, with a '''minimum''' of discomfort, in no time at all."'' - '''Dr. Swineheart'''

* InsufferableGenius: A pompous egomaniac, he constantly touts himself as "the greatest surgeon in a thousand worlds". If he'd paid more attention to honing his craft and the task at hand, he might have [[spoiler: managed to save Boy Blue's life]].

[[folder: General]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Fabletown's magical power brokers.]]

[[folder: Frau Totenkinder [=/=] Bellflower]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Personally, I never thought much of that 'popularity equals power' nonsense. I've tried to stay out of the stories, myself. I prefer anonymity, and my own counsel."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:270:As "Bellflower"]]

-> ''"She prepared '''hundreds''' of spells in advance, linked to trigger words. She's firing them off rapidly, in succession, giving [Mr. Dark] '''no''' time to recover. Spending her power '''lavishly'''. And oh, what deep '''wells''' of power she has! I never suspected. She hid it so deftly, for so long. - Ozma, delivering play-by-play of the Totenkinder/Dark duel

[[folder: Ozma]]
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[[caption-width-right:299:''"What can I say? Life is neither fair nor easy."'']]
-> ''"I believe my task will be to do away with The Dark One and restore Fabletown."'' - '''Ozma'''

* AintTooProudToBeg: Desperately pleads for her life when [[spoiler: the magically controlled Bigby takes her down and prepares to rip her throat out.]]

* NotSoStoic: Usually calm, collected and ever so confident, with a patronizing air. Utterly (and understandably) loses her shit when [[spoiler: she's about to be butchered by a possessed Bigby]].

[[folder: Morgan le Fay [=/=] Mrs. Green]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Don't look at me. I had good '''reasons''' for what I did last time."'']]
-> ''"I think we can agree passions are of scant utility here, where cold reason and sound judgment '''must''' prevail."'' - '''Morgan le Fay'''

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: Goldilocks cuts her head off with the Sword of Regret]]. She is resurrected later.

[[folder: Maddy]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The time to hope things will turn out all right is '''gone'''. The time to wake up and smell the catnip is upon you."'' ]]
-> ''"I'm the invisible walker. Once called the Scythian Raven, once called Medea, once called Sycorax. More to the point, I'm our acknowledged '''specialist''' in matters of hide and seek."''' - '''Maddy'''

[[folder: The Fairy Witch / Mother Ardelia, Birdie, Bulah, Cherish]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Here all the time. Nothing so magical as a place wilfully constructed to be ordinary, hmmmm?"'']]
-> ''"The powerful fairy witch of years ago is gone. Her mind went when she was removed from leadership."'' - '''Ozma'''

* CloudCuckooLander: Exclusively spews random nonsense. Or ''is'' it? One of her seemingly random [[NonSequitur non-sequiturs]] gives Ozma the perfect idea as to how to defeat Geppetto. Furthermore, [[spoiler:when a feral Bigby brought down all of the protective enchantments around Fabletown the 13th Floor had worked so hard to create, it was the Fairy Witch who reminded the others about the magic lying dormant in the Mundie World, shocking Maddy with her lucidness, and suggesting she is more aware of what's going on than the others believe.]]

--> ''"The browns and the yellows have gotten little again, did you notice?"''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Totally disappears shortly before [[spoiler: Cinderella and Frau Totenkinder's magical duel razes much of Fabletown]]. It is unknown whether [[spoiler:she perished in the destruction or not]].

[[folder: Mister Grandours]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Even the most beloved traditions are often destroyed by uncomfortable change."'']]
-> ''"Ah, so the '''dead''' wake at last."'' - Mister Grandours

[[folder: Mrs. Someone]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"In the one minute between the time you vanish and Briar Rose pricks her finger, who '''knows''' what dire events might befall us here?"'']]
-> ''Boy Blue:'' Of course it would be easier to talk up your achievements if I knew your real '''name''', Mrs. Someone.
-> ''Mrs. Someone:'' Ah, but that's my own little secret, child- tucked away where no fell power can discern it.

[[folder: Prospero]]
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[[caption-width-right:303:''"That's a good start, but no amount of passive evaluation will make up for hard facts."'']]
-> ''"I'm not thinking about politics or ambition. I'm speaking of safety. We're supposed to be the '''power''' backbone of the '''entire''' community."'' - Prospero

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Is not seen again or mentioned after [[spoiler: the final destruction of much of Fabletown]]. As it's said some of Fabletown's sorcerous residents did not survive the conflagration, it can be assumed he was one of the ones who did not.

[[folder: Mister Kadabra [=/=] Karrant]]
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[[caption-width-right:281:''"Enjoy the spectacle, men. But pay close attention. I intend to make short '''work''' of him."'']]
-> ''"A victim of his own powers, the newly rechristened "Mister Kadabra" never knew his role in protecting so many for so long, nor did any of his peers. Did his great spell begin to leak so badly over the ages, causing others to dismiss him?"''

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He helped build Fabletown, and was key in laying the magicks that kept it unnoticed by the Mundanes for centuries. Most importantly, kadabra's spell to make The Adversary [[spoiler: Geppetto]] not only forget his existence, but pay no notice of any land he resides in, goes a '''LONG''' way towards keeping Fabletown safe from the Empire's depredations for ''years''.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: As a living marionette, his greatest desire was to become a real boy. Now he is a boy.. forever.
** Later, his biggest wish was to be reunited with his beloved father. He finds him, alright: [[spoiler: running the Empire as the bloody-handed Adversary]].

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Specifically, Geppetto assumed his adopted son had died, or was hopelessly lost in the Homelands. At any rate, Geppetto was [[spoiler: far too busy running the Empire behind the scenes]] to search for him.

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: His father Geppetto is the Adversary]].
* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: When he is brought back from the dead Geppetto puts him under a loyalty spell like his other "children". This spell forces him to act in his father's "best interest"--but Pinocchio believes that Geppetto surrendering to Fabletown IS in his father's best interest on the basis of his questionable sanity]].

* NotQuiteDead: Boy Blue, during his one-man invasion of the Empire, bargains with [[spoiler: Geppetto, the Adversary and Pinocchio's father]], to use his magic to restore his friend to life.
* OffWithHisHead: Decapitated by the Adversary's Wooden Soldiers during the invasion of Fabletown. Due to his origin as a talking marionette, he merely reverts back to a puppet, but is effectively dead. [[spoiler: He later gets better]].

* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Is later [[spoiler: elected President of the United States under the Republican ticket]]. Proves to be a bit of President Corrupt, with a little President Scheming, some President Jerkass, a tad President Geek, and a ''whole'' lot of President Playboy, which ultimately gets him impeached early into his second term.

* AmazonBrigade: After [[spoiler: seemingly dying at the end of the War against the Empire]], Charming organizes a veritable army of well-trained Indian females who [[spoiler: help him conquer most of the Indus]].

* GracefulLoser: Is utterly trounced in a landslide by Prince Charming in the first Mayoral election for hundreds of years. Despite surreptitiously demanding an immediate recount (using Flycatcher as a proxy), he hands over the reigns of office with no fuss, moves out of the palatial mayor's penthouse days early to accommodate Charming's victory party, and is never depicted as engaging in gloating or enjoying in any way Charming's troubles during his near-disastrous tenure.

* {{Jerkass}}: Rude, womanizing, condescending, and greedy; Charming has almost no redeeming traits when he makes his debut.

* ToyShip: Has numerous scenes with Pinocchio, who is similarly immortal and in a child's body, where it seemed that she was gradually warming up to his advances. Until the last arc went with a low-level kill 'em all, it seemed that the two of them would become an official couple.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Not that she dislikes shoes (she owns a shoe store), but Cinderella seems prone to loosing her shoes quite often throughout the plot (especially a single one). A MythologyGag, obviously, but also a case of SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome- wearing high heels is not very convenient when you’re a spy/assassin.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Thanks to an until-then-unmentioned deal with a self-proclaimed god years earlier, Cinderella has one free resurrection. She uses it in issue 151, quickly rejuvenating to her normal self in the process from her horribly burned body before.]]

* MutualKill: [[spoiler:With Totenkinder. She dies of her injuries soon after killing her.]]

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Briar never needs a job because of her fairy blessing of perpetual riches, and she is painfully naive most of the time.

** Subverted with Nalayani, who is somehow immune to his power. Strangely, this endears her to him even more.

* ToyShip: Has numerous scenes with Pinocchio, who is similarly immortal and in a child's body, where it seemed that she was gradually warming up to his advances. Until the last arc went with a low-level KillEmAll, it seemed that the two of them would become an official couple.

* Narcissist: She only cares for herself as she doesn`t care if the other Fables suffer as long as it has nothing to do with her. She even sides with Mister Dark just to gain beauty and power which results in her eventual demise.

* WouldHurtAChild: She began her experiments with blood magic by sacrificing her own son, and has at the very least sacrificed thousands (or possibly millions) of children to demons to retain her youth and power. According the ''ComicBook/TheUnwritten'' crossover, she is fully willing to sacrifice every child on the planet.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Snow White gives her a decidedly brutal one in retaliation for her treatment of Beast and Beauty, during the the latter's troubled labor. Key points include how a pleasant personality can go a long way towards making someone less than physically stunning more attractive, and how Sprat lacks in both categories.

* LivingLegend: Due to being[[spoiler: the first puppet Geppetto ever carved]], he has this status in the Empire among the Wooden soldiers.

* NiceHat: Wears a papakha, a nod to his days as a bear.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: As an egotistical, snide, uppity, imperious, and all around repulsive sack of hook-nosed, bony flesh, he was this to Snow White, for decades. Taken UpToEleven with the disturbing events depicted in "The Wolf Among Us".

* CoolHat: His top hat, as befits his guise as an ordinary stage magician.